H/DE342

(attested copy) Release and Settlement

23 Mar 1790

From: 1785 To: 1790

(i) Francis Pym, Hasell Hall, Sandy, Esquire & wife Anne (ii) Sir Thomas Beauchamp Proctor, Langley, Norfolk, Baronet The Reverend Wollaston Pym, brother of (i) (iii) Henry Crab Boulton, Thornecroft, Leatherhead, Surrey, Esquire Thomas Greene, Grays Inn, gentleman (iv) Robert Dent & John Dent, Temple Bar, Esquires (v) Sir Thomas Beauchamp Proctor Richard Palmer, Lincolns Inn, Esquire (vi) Wollaston Pym Jenkyn Reading, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, Esquire [reciting Marriage Settlement 20 May 1785 (i) William Pym, Father of Francis (ii) Francis Pym (iii) Robert Palmer, Bloomsbury, Esquire Anne Palmer, spinster, now wife of Francis Pym, daughter of Robert & late wife Charlotte (iv) Sir Thomas Beauchamp Proctor Wollaston Pym (v) Jenkin Reading & Richard Palmer Marriage of (ii) & Anne Palmer: portion £15,000 (ii) covenanted with (iv) that if (ii) survived (i) and if Anne (Palmer) or issue male was living at the time of the decease of (i), he would convey estate of yearly value of £1,800 to (iv) in trust. (i) is since deceased, and there is one daughter of the marriage called Anne] (i) with approval of (ii) in trust to (iii) --- Manor of Haleless alias Hasells in Haleless alias Hasells, Sandy & Girtford --- capital messuage called Hasells Hall in the occupation of (i) --- farm house, Hasells, late in the occupation of John Harddine & John Disher and all lands belonging to the capital messuage and farm house (214 acres) in the occupation of Francis Pym --- cottage, Hasells, in the occupation of Cornelius Pope and Samuel Watford all which are of yearly value of £178..11s..7d --- Manor of Gratford alias Gretford alias Girtford, Bedfordshire, formerly part of the possessions of the late dissolved Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and all benefit of warren or heath --- capital messuage, farm & lands, Sandy & Girtford, late in the occupation of Joseph Allen @ £100 per annum --- messuage & farm Sandy or Girtford, or Blunham, Tempsford or Everton, late with small amount of leasehold premises in the occupation of William Randall @ £66..17s..0d --- cottage & lands, Girtford or Sandy in the occupation of John King @ £5 per annum --- cottage, Girtford, in the occupation of William Whittamore @ £2..10s..0d --- New Close (10 acres in 3 pieces), Sandy, in the occupation of Francis Pym worth £8 per annum --- messuage with barns etc., & lands, Sandy & Girtford, late in the occupation of Anne Moore @ £9..9s..0d per annum --- freehold meadows & pasture, Sandy & Girtford, occupied (with leaseholds) late John Hewitt @ £27 per annum --- cottage, Sandy, late in the occupation of John Yerrall @ £1..15s..0d --- 7 acres 2 roods arable, Sandy & Girtford fields, 3 roods meadow Great Shadwells, Girtford, late in the occupation of William Jeeves @ £2..11s..0d --- 4 acres 3 roods garden land, Sandy & Girtford, late in the occupation of John Goss @ £7..1s..0d per annum --- 2 roods garden land Sandy & Girtford, late in the occupation of William Munns @ 7s per annum --- 2 acres 3 roods freehold garden Sandy & Girtford, late occupied with leasehold close (l acre 2 roods) Sandy, by William Underwood @ £5..18s..6d --- 2 roods garden ground, Sandy & Girtford, late in the occupation of William Tilcock @ 10s per annum --- 1 acre garden ground, Sandy & Girtford, late in the occupation of John Upchurch @ 10s per annum --- 2 roods garden ground, Sandy and Girtford, late in the occupation of William Drable @ 19s..6d per annum --- cottage & 3 roods garden, Sandy & Girtford, late in the occupation of Edward Ball @ £5..6s..0d per annum --- cottage with outhouses, land and garden, Sandy & Girford, late in the occupation of John Skilleter @ £5..6s..0d per annum all in Sandy, Blunham, Northill, Everton, Tempsford, late the estate of Heylock Kingsley, Robert Jenkyn, Esquire, Elizabeth Kingsley, late widow of Heylock Kingsley and daughter of Robert Jenkyn, or William Pym, Esquire, father of (i), and now of (i) --- 2 closes of pasture, Girtford, late in the occupation of Thomas Perry then Thomas Crout --- 15 acres arable, leys and meadow, Girtford and Sandy fields, occupied by same --- 1 acre 1 rood arable, Sandy - Middle field, Bollands furlong l acre, Francis Pym, East, West & North, late Humphrey Monoux then Sir Philip Monoux, Baronet, South - 1 rood in Waterdale, William Mason, East, late William Baynes, Sir Philip Monoux, North, late Reverend Lewis Monoux, South, all late in the occupation of Thomas Crout purchased by (i) from William Mason & John Pryer, Robert Bambey [Barnby] and Richard Parrington (trustees for creditors of William Mason, Lease & Release 27/28 Apr 1789) --- 8 acres arable & meadow, Girtford & Sandy fields, late in the occupation of Thomas Woodham then Thomas Crout --- 20 acres arable, meadow & pasture Girtford fields, formerly the estate of William Randall --- 2 acres Middle field Sandy, abutting the Braches, occupied by late Robert Pulleyn, Esquire, North, Langford Green Pond, West --- 4 acres arable, Sandy fields, late the estate of John Bishop all late in the occupation of Thomas Crout together with freehold messuage & close above @ £35 per annum, formerly copyhold, purchased by Francis Pym from William Mason & trustees --- Stratford and Down closes & messuage in the occupation of John Braybrook, & close adjoining --- Mill Mead close alias Shadwell's, Sandy (2 acres) let @ £7 per annum, purchased by (i) from Richard Bishop all which premises and fee farm rents of 4s..8d & 13s..5 1/2d from parts of premises late purchased by William Pym of H.M. Commissioners for land revenue, and rents and quitrents etc., amount to £483..18s..7d per annum over and above all reprises except land tax --- Manor of Little Staughton, Bedfordshire --- Manor House and farm, Little Staughton, Bedfordshire, late in the occupation of James Lugsdon @ £60 per annum --- farm house & Lands, Little Staughton, late in the occupation of James Peppercorn @ £52 per annum which farms and fee farm rent of £1..17s..10d from the premises purchased as above, and rents etc., of the Manor, amount to £113..8s..0d per annum exclusive of all charges except land tax. all which were the estate of Heylock Kingsley, Esquire, and now of (i) --- Norfolkes Farm, Holwell & Shillington, & Pirton, Hertfordshire --- Cottage, Holwell & Shillington which with 36 acres copyhold of the Manor of Ramerick were late in the occupation of Edward Taylor @ £132..8s..7d per annum and are of clear yearly value of £130..15s..1 1/2d formerly the estate of Heylock Kingsley or of William Pym and now of (i) --- Manor of Caldecott alias Calcott, Eynesbury, Huntingdonshire --- scite, capital messuage or mansion house and farm --- cottage in the Weald, Eynesbury all in Caldecott alias Calcott Weald, Eynesbury & St Neots and with 12 acres 3 roods copyhold of the Manor of Eynesbury were late occupied by William Read @ £170 per annum --- Manor of Hardwick alias Puttocks Hardwick, Eynesbury --- capital messuage, Hardwick, alias Puttocks Hardwick and scite of the late dissolved Chapel of Puttocks Hardwick alias St. Thomas Hardwick and scite of messuage annexed, and farm, Eynesbury, which with 8 acres 3 roods copyhold of the manor of Eynesbury were late in the occupation of John Peck @ £165 per annum all of which premises are of clear yearly value of £327..7s..0d, late the estate of Heylock Kingsley & now of (i) --- Manor of Norton alias Nortonbury, Hertfordshire --- capital messuage or scite of the manor --- the Harvets House alias Harvey's House with farms belonging to the 2 messuages, late in the occupation of Samuel Kirkby @ £330 --- blacksmith's shop or shed, Norton, built on waste, late in the occupation of Clarke Chamberlaine @ 7s..6d per annum --- pightle, Norton, late in the occupation of [ ] Scales @ 10s per annum --- Rush Close (8 acres) Norton --- Pightle & 3 acres, part of Cow Pasture, Norton --- Park Spring and Devil's Spring woods, Norton all in the occupation of (i) and worth £10 per annum at least --- tithes of corn, grain and hay from these premises all in Norton, Baldock, Bigrave, Willian, Letchworth, Radwell, Hertfordshire & worth together £399..11s..4d per annum formerly the estate of William Pym & now of (i) --- dwelling house, Picadilly, formerly in the occupation of Eleanor Moody, now Sir William Musgrave @ £60 per annum --- same formerly in the occupation of George Hinton, then Jonathan Ordway @ £50 --- ditto formerly in the occupation of Metcalf Moreland, now Daniel Grimwood @ £100 per annum --- ditto Arlington Street, Middlesex, formerly in the occupation of Nicholas Wollaston, now William Martin @ £52..10s..0d per annum --- ditto formerly in the occupation of Richard Harris then John Deval @ £50 per annum --- ditto formerly in the occupation of Lord Frederick Campbell @ £63 per annum all together worth £1818..10s..0 1/2d (schedule) To uses: - to use of (iv) for term of 99 years in trust, then to (i) for life, remainder to Anne, wife of (i) to intent that she may have annuity of £1000 charged on these estates, and on decease of (i) to use of (v) for term of 500 years in trust, then in tail male (sons of the marriage only), remainder to use of (vi) for term of 1000 years in trust, then to right heirs of Francis Pym in fee term of 99 years: to raise £126 to pay as Anne Pym shall direct, or in default to Anne Pym for own use during life term of 500 years: to secure the payment of the annuity of £1,000. If there is only 1 son and 1 or more other children of the marriage, then after death of survivor of Francis & Anne Pym to raise portions - £10,000 for 1 child, £15,000 for 2 or more, and to secure maintenance till children are of age. term of 1000 years: if no sons of the marriage, and 1 or more daughter, after death of survivor of (i), to raise portions - 1 daughter £15,000, 2 or more £20,000 and maintenance till of age. rental of the premises appended. Witnesses. Robert Faulder, bookseller, New Bond Street, Thomas Sanderson, George St., Baker, E.W. Holden, Barsham, Suffolk, James Snook, gardener to Francis Pym 23 Mar 1790

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Pym, Francis,
Beauchamp-Proctor, Thomas,
Pym, Wollaston,
Boulton, Henry Crab,
Greene, Thomas,
Dent, Robert,
Dent, John,
Palmer, Richard,
Reading, Jenkyn,
Pym, William,
Palmer, Robert,
Palmer, Anne,
Palmer, Charlotte,
Pym, Anne,
Harddine, John,
Disher, John,
Pope, Cornelius,
Watford, Samuel,
Allen, Joseph,
Randall, William,
King, John,
Whittamore, William,
Moore, Anne,
Hewitt, John,
Yerrall, John,
Jeeves, William,
Goss, John,
Munns, William,
Underwood, William,
Tilcock, William,
Upchurch, John,
Drable, William,
Ball, Edward,
Skilleter, John,
Kingsley, Heylock,
Jenkyn, Robert,
Kingsley, Elizabeth,
Jenkyn, Elizabeth,
Perry, Thomas,
Crout, Thomas,
Monoux, Humphrey,
Monoux, Philip,
Mason, William,
Baynes, William,
Monoux, Lewis,
Pryer, John,
Barnby, Robert,
Parrington, Richard,
Woodham, Thomas,
Pulleyn, Robert,
Bishop, John,
Braybrook, John,
Bishop, Richard,
Lugsden, James,
Peppercorn, James,
Taylor, Edward,
Read, William,
Peck, John,
Kirkby, Samuel,
Chamberlaine, Clarke,
Scales,
Moody, Eleanor,
Musgrave, William,
Hinton, George,
Ordway, Jonathan,
Moreland, Metcalf,
Grimwood, Daniel,
Wollaston, Nicholas,
Martin, William,
Harris, Richard,
Devall, John,
Campbell, Frederick

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